Noam Chomsky, CounterPunch. September 15, 2008. It's in America's best interests to regard Russia a resurgent power and not apply a strategy of confrontation against it.
Stephen Zunes, Foreign Policy in Focus. August 18, 2008. The self-righteous posturing coming out of DC should be tempered by recognition of the ways in which the U.S. has contributed to the crisis.
Gary Brecher, eXiled Online. August 12, 2008. The president of tiny Georgia must have caught a case of his pal Bush's war lust to attack a Russian ally and think he'd win.